How Things Look

How Things Look Bible: John 13:1-22 Reading Whoever accepts anyone I send accepts me; and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me (V.20). It’s in our nature to make judgements based on how things look to us. We say, for example, that some people look guilty or seem trustworthy. But history’s biggest villainContinueContinue reading “How Things Look”

Never Alone

Never Alone Bible: Psalm 25:16-22 Reading Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted (V.16). Although I was surrounded by thousands of people at a large conference, I was sitting at the end of the row, with no one next to me. When the speaker asked us to turnContinueContinue reading “Never Alone”

Does God Care?

Does God Care? Bible: Mark 14:32-42 Reading My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? (PSALM 22:1). One dreadful year, three of my friends died one after another in the space of a couple of months. My experience of the first two deaths did nothing to prepare me for the third. I couldn’t doContinueContinue reading “Does God Care?”

Friends On A Mission

Friends On A Mission Bible: Philippians 1:3-11 In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now (VV.4-5). Reading When I was visiting an old couple from my church, the man (a retired soldier) told me with a smile,ContinueContinue reading “Friends On A Mission”